SOFTBALL: Tryouts set for Armstrong team

The Armstrong Force girls’ fastpitch softball team will hold tryouts for the 2014-15 season on Saturday, Aug. 9, and Sunday, Aug. 10, at Elderton Plumcreek Field.

The schedule is as follows: 10-U, 8 to 10 a.m. on Saturday and 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday; 12-U, 10 to noon on Saturday and 5 to 7 p.m. on Sunday; 14-U, 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday and 7 to 9 p.m. on Sunday. Also, the 10-U, 12-U and 14-U teams will hold additional tryouts on Tuesday, Aug. 12. The 10-U team will hold its tryouts from 5:30 to 7 p.m., and the 12-U and 14-U teams will hold its tryouts from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen traveling in 10 black SUVs seized a senior Sunni politician who had previously been jailed on terrorism charges from his home in Baghdad, police officers said today.

It was not immediately clear if Riyadh al-Adhdah, the head of the Baghdad Provincial Council, was arrested by security forces or abducted late Friday, the two police officers said. Four of his bodyguards w